The Narrative of the Body and Political Terror in Northern Ireland

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March 2008

"A sophisticated and persuasive late-modernist political analysis that consistently draws the reader into the narratives of the author and those of the people of violence in Northern Ireland to whom he talked. . . . Simply put, this book is a feast for the intellect"—Thomas M. Wilson, American Anthropologist

"One of the best books to have been written on Northern Ireland. . . . A highly imagination and significant book. Formations of Violence is an important addition to the literature on political violence."—David E. Schmitt, American Political Science Review

1. Artifacts and Instruments of Agency Surfaces and Centers Embodied Transcripts Map of the Book The Politics of Narration 2. Spatial Formations of Violence Origin Space Partitions The Interface The Sanctuary Paramilitaries, Populist Violence, and State Formation The Runback 3. Hardmen, Gunmen, Butchers, Doctors, Stiffs, Ghosts, and Black Men From Hardmen to Gunmen Sensory Formations The Butchers Genealogies of the Dead Stiffing Doorsteps Sacrificial Transfers The Symbolic, the Imaginary, and the Real The Black Man 4. Being Done: Rites of Politicl Passage Endocolonization The Collectivization of Arrest Resisting Arrest Capture Getting Done Arrest and Death Interrogation: Ceremony of Verification The Name and the Eye White Spaces The Sensorium of Death Breaking the Interrogation Battle-proofing 5. The Breaker's Yard Prison Regime Criminalization Aborted Initiations Scatology The Mirror The Body as Weapon Artifact Mechanical Bears Techniques and Discourses of the Body 6. Eschatology H6 The Stiff The Lark Biological Time, Prison Time, Historical Time Sacrifice Doubled A Scene of Exchange from the Gospels Interiorizing Subjects and Objects The Reversal of Sacrifice Appendix 1: Glossary Appendix 2: Organizations Cited Appendix 3: Republican Paramilitary Cohort Notes References Index

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